Morgis] THE CLIFF-RUINS OF JOHNSON CANYON 181 
characteristic of the Mesa Verde region. The materials for build- 
ing, weaving, and pottery making were procured in the immediate 
vicinity, and the fruits of wild trees and plants, as well as the 
cultivated crops, came with few exceptions from the near-by can- 
yons and mesas. The general characters of the masonry, the struc- 
tural features of the kivas and secular rooms, the methods of burial, 
and the pottery and other artifacts indicate that the cliff-dwellings 
in this canyon southeast of the Mancos River are culturally and 
approximately chronologically contemporaneous with the large ruins 
of the Mesa Verde National Park 
